“That's the thing people never warn you about with breakups. It's the good times that really get you. In fact, they hurt worse than the bad times.”

“That's one of the remarkable things about life. It's never so bad that it can't get worse.”

“Never disapprove the good things you get and never scornfully look on the bad things you get. You don't know who has it worse.”

“That's the whole thing about grieving... It's part of the deal: You get to be alive and to love, but in exchange you also have to put in some serious hurt time.”

“That is to say, things have a way of getting worse and worse all the time, until in the end they get so bad that we lack even the means of knowing how bad they really are.”

“Because people get together, sit in a room, sing some songs and share scripture, they think they've experienced the life of the church. If that's all been real, they may have. More times than not, however, it's just a routine they feel good about having accomplished, but in the end they haven't really shared his life at all. That's why I like pulling commitment off of people. You find out where they really are on the inside and that's good for you and for them.”